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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| Pricing/speed for internet? Will Salisbury be like Wilson and offer 20 Mbps symmetric internet for $60 per month standalone? Or will pricing be different?
Its rather interesting to see what TWC is doing in WIlson as far as pricing goes. The highest-tier cable package is $50 per month, the highest-tier phone service is $20 per month and the highest-tier internet service is $40, though it appears as though if you get them all together you get less of a deal (probably not though). In comparison, Greenlight's standard pricing is $60 for (much faster, especially on uploads) internet, $35 for phone service (normally $50 for TWC I think) and around $60 for cable. Predatory pricing? Uh, yeah.
It's rather interesting that TWC has chosen to do predatory pricing rather than upgrade infrastructure and compete on the technology front. They could likely pull in more HD channels with SDV, or launch 50 Mbps DOCSIS 3 (50/5 for $100 vs. 40/40 for $100), but instead they're competing on price, hoping the muni "problem" will go away and they can raise pricing back to "normal" levels in a year or two.I hope that, for muni FTTH folks everywhere's sakes, this doesn't happen. | |
patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by iansltx:It's rather interesting that TWC has chosen to do predatory pricing rather than upgrade infrastructure and compete on the technology front. They could likely pull in more HD channels with SDV, or launch 50 Mbps DOCSIS 3 (50/5 for $100 vs. 40/40 for $100), but instead they're competing on price, hoping the muni "problem" will go away and they can raise pricing back to "normal" levels in a year or two.I hope that, for muni FTTH folks everywhere's sakes, this doesn't happen. Wilson NC isn't the richest place in USA. 2000 Census says 90% of the county earns below 40K a year (my opinion of the map). Wilson downtown is under 25K. The tiny neighborhood of Forest Hills is the only rich area in Wilson. Its not worth to compete on features because nobody will buy them. Wilson is 53 minutes by GMaps from Raleigh through farm fields. Not a bedroom community for the rich.
If this was a playground for hedge fund managers, real estate developers, traders, fortune 500 execs, hollywood executives, and their kids, THEN competing on luxury/features makes sense. | |
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